NFL History: National Football League Superbowl History
By 1966, the AFL had emerged as a serious competitor of the NFL. On April 8, 1966, Al Davis took over as commissioner of the AFL and created a chess war specifically designed to sign NFL quarterbacks. On June 8, 1966, a merger was announced, with a common draft beginning in 1967. Most importantly though, a game matching AFL and NFL Champions.

The first AFL-NFL World Championship Game was held on January 15, 1967, between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs. The Superbowl would eventually become the most watched event of the year, and in essence, a national holiday celebrating professional football.


NO.# MVP WINNER LOSER CITY ATT. DATE
XLII Eli Manning NY Giants 17 New England 14 Glendale 71,071 2/03/08
XLI Peyton Manning Indianapolis 29 Chicago 17 Miami 74,512 2/04/07
XL Hines Ward Pittsburgh 21 Seattle 10 Detroit 68,206 2/05/06
XXXIX Deion Branch New England 24 Philadelphia 21 Jacksonville 78,125 2/06/05
XXXVIII Tom Brady New England 32 Carolina 29 Houston 71,525 2/01/04
XXXVII Dexter Jackson Tampa Bay 48 Oakland 21 San Diego 67,603 1/26/03
XXXVI Tom Brady New England 20 St. Louis 17 New Orleans 72,922 2/02/02
XXXV Ray Lewis Baltimore 34 NY Giants 7 Tampa 71,921 1/29/01
XXXIV Kurt Warner St. Louis 23 Tennessee 16 Atlanta 71,253 1/30/00
XXXIII John Elway Denver 34 Atlanta 19 Miami 74,803 1/31/99
XXXII Terrell Davis Denver 31 Green Bay 24 San Diego 68,912 1/25/98
XXXI Desmond Howard Green Bay 35 New England 21 New Orleans 72,301 1/26/97
XXX Larry Brown Dallas 27 Pittsburgh 17 Tempe 76,347 1/28/96
XXIX Steve Young San Francisco 49 San Diego 26 Miami 74,107 1/29/95
XXVIII Emmitt Smith Dallas 30 Buffalo 13 Atlanta 72,817 1/30/94
XXVII Troy Aikman Dallas 52 Buffalo 17 Pasadena 102,000 1/31/93
XXVI Mark Rypien Washington 37 Buffalo 24 Minneapolis 63,130 1/26/92
XXV Ottis Anderson NY Giants 20 Buffalo 19 Tampa 73,813 1/27/91
XXIV Joe Montana San Francisco 55 Denver 10 New Orleans 72,919 1/28/90
XXIII Jerry Rice San Francisco 20 Cincinnati 16 Miami 75,179 1/22/89
XXII Doug Williams Washington 42 Denver 10 San Diego 73,302 1/31/88
XXI Phil Simms NY Giants 39 Denver 20 Pasadena 101,063 1/25/87
XX Richard Dent Chicago 46 New England 10 New Orleans 73,818 1/26/86
XIX Joe Montana San Francisco 38 Miami 16 Stanford 84,059 1/20/85
XVIII Marcus Allen L.A. Raiders 38 Washington 9 Tampa 72,920 1/22/84
XVII John Riggins Washington 27 Miami 17 Pasadena 103,667 1/30/83
XVI Joe Montana San Francisco 26 Cincinnati 21 Pontiac 81,270 1/24/82
XV Jim Plunkett Oakland 27 Philadelphia 10 New Orleans 76,135 1/25/81
XIV Terry Bradshaw Pittsburgh 31 L.A. Rams 19 Pasadena 103,985 1/20/80
XIII Terry Bradshaw Pittsburgh 35 Dallas 31 Miami 79,484 1/21/79
XII Harvey Martin
Randy White 		Dallas 27 Denver 10 New Orleans 75,583 1/15/78
XI Fred Biletnikoff Oakland 32 Minnesota 14 Pasadena 103,424 1/9/77
X Lynn Swann Pittsburgh 21 Dallas 17 Miami 80,187 1/18/76
IX Franco Harris Pittsburgh 16 Minnesota 6 New Orleans 80,997 1/12/75
VIII Larry Csonka Miami 24 Minnesota 7 Houston 71,882 1/13/74
VII Jake Scott Miami 14 Washington 7 Los Angeles 90,182 1/14/73
VI Roger Staubach Dallas 24 Miami 3 New Orleans 80,591 1/16/72
V Chuck Howley Baltimore 16 Dallas 13 Miami 79,204 1/17/71
IV Len Dawson Kansas City 23 Minnesota 7 New Orleans 80,562 1/11/70
III Joe Namath NY Jets 16 Baltimore 7 Miami 75,389 1/12/69
II Bart Starr Green Bay 33 Oakland 14 Miami 75,546 1/14/68
I Bart Starr Green Bay 35 Kansas City 10 Los Angeles 61,946 1/15/67

Recommended Book Purchases
01. Total Football: 1997 NFL Properties - Edited by Carroll, Gershman, Neft, and Thorn
02. The Sporting News Pro Football's Heroes of the Hall - 2003 Ron Smith
03. Pro Football Register - 1999 The Sporting News
04. The Sports Encyclopedia: Pro Football - 1999 David Neft, Richard Cohen & Rick Korch
05. The Football Encyclopedia - 1991, 94 David Neft & Richard Cohen
06. 1998 Record & Fact Book - 1998 National Football League, NFL Properties, Inc.
07. The NFL's Official Encyclopedic History of Professional Football - 1977 NFL Properties
08. NFL Football - 1996 NFL Properties
09. Best Shots: The Greatest NFL Photography of the Century - 1999 NFL Properties
10. The Sporting News Selects Football's 100 Greatest Players - 1999 Ron Smith & Bill Wilson
11. The Sporting News Super Bowl Book - 1987 The Sporting News
12. Football: A History of the Professional Game - 1996 Peter King; SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
13. The Authorized Pictorial History of the Dallas Cowboys - 1996 Dallas Cowboys Organization
14. The Dallas Cowboys Encyclopedia - 1996 Donovan, Sins, Coffey
15. The Emmitt Zone - 1994 Emmitt J. Smith III
16. The Pittsburgh Steelers: A Pictorial History - 1980 Pat Livingston
17. Titletown Again: The Superbowl Season of the 1996 Green Bay Packers - 1997 Chuck Carlson
18. New York Giants: Seventy Five Years - 1999 Jerry Izenberg
19. The NFL Experience: Twelve Months with America's Favorite Game - 2001 NFL Publishing Group
20. Pro Football Trivia - Bob Gill 1997
21. 1997 Official NFL Rulebook - 1997 NFL Properties

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